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Smart Moves at PCMA, M&IW and More

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He joined VisitScotland Business Events in 2008 and has served as head of business events for the past 14 years. Neil Brownlee Neil Brownlee, PCMA Brownlee, the head of business events at VisitScotland , has been inaugurated as the 2025 chair of PCMA.

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Olympic Venues: Abandonment, Decay and Renewed Life

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Many stadiums have been left to sit and decay, such as the Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro , which hosted in 2016; Beijing, in 2008; and Athens, in 2004; others, such as that in Lake Placid , in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, and Munich Stadium, are being used to host more sporting events and meetings.

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Now is the time to rethink and restart the events industry: Interview with Angeles Moreno, Managing Partner at the Creative Dots

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Angeles Moreno is the founder of the Creative Dots , a company that helps corporations design their customer journey and create a culture of customer-centricity. You had an event management agency during the 2008 crisis and lost 50% of your business in one week. Entrepreneurship is in her DNA. Can you talk about this period?

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Stay In an Art Gallery—Best Hotels for Art Lovers

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Art can bring culture to life, spark conversation among strangers and even transcend language barriers. The Dolder Grand reopened in 2008 after an extensive remodel of the 1899 building and has used modernist art to catapult the historic architecture into present day Zurich. The hotel offers over 14,000 sq.

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Incentive Travel: Interactive Connection is the Name of the Game

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They can get a closer look at the true culture of the destination by seeing areas they never otherwise would have explored. Andrew Luan started ExperienceFirst Walking Tours in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Andrew put together a tour for his friend centered around the 2008 crisis. I thought this was a travesty,” he says.

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New ETC report investigates links between the changing tourism environment and NTOs work

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The report starts by reviewing the evolution of European NTOs, together with changes in the tourism environment, during the period 2008-2021, at the European level and for selected individual countries. Drivers for change. Notably, the great majority has initiated a significant programme of internal digital transformation (e.g.,

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4 Lessons Learned from The Hospitality Show

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Cinnabon is a 99% franchisee company that stations most of its business in malls and airports, and during the Great Recession of 2008, when traffic slowed to most public spaces, a couple of activities that almost immediately come to a halt are shopping and traveling. Cinnabon suffered greatly as a result.